Case study: Uxbridge Early Years Centre

Charles found it very difficult to share or take turns, says Evonne Williams, nursery officer at Uxbridge Early Years Centre in Middlesex. He didn't have many friendships in his peer group and he found it difficult to express his feelings in appropriate ways. We would have shouting or p'shing and snatching. If he wanted something, he was going to have it. If we were playing a game, he would call out and want to have the next go. But since going on the PALS programme, four-year- old Charles has begun to make friends and has learned to share, take turns...